Edem Nalbandov (Crimean. Edem Nalbandov, December 25, 1926, Kapsykhor village, Crimea - May 22, 1999, Simferopol) - composer, choirmaster, member of the Union of Composers of Ukraine (1992), member of the Union of Composers of the USSR (1977), Honored Worker of Culture of Uzbekistan, Honored Worker of Arts of Ukraine, laureate of the State Prize of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
He graduated from a music school with a degree in violin in Karasubazar (Belogorsk). In deportation, he graduated from the Leninabad Music School, and in 1962 from the conducting and choral faculty of the Tashkent Conservatory. He took composition lessons from B. Zeidman. In 1964 he directed the Crimean Tatar song and dance ensemble Haytarma. 1977 - Director of the Dzhyzak Music School. In 1980-1993 he worked at the Tashkent Institute of Culture. In 1986, he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. In 1990, he defended his dissertation at the Alma-Ata Conservatory and was promoted to associate professor. He headed the section of Crimean Tatar music at the Union of Composers of Uzbekistan, created on his initiative.
In 1993, he returned to Crimea. On his initiative, the Department of Music Education was opened at the Crimean State Industrial and Pedagogical Institute. In the same years, he taught at the Simferopol Music School.
In 1998, the American Biobibliographic Institute (New York) named Edem Nalbandov Man of the Year. In 2000, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his invaluable contribution to the treasury of world art.
Creative work
Major works: one-act ballet "The Big Wedding", musical comedy "Dubaraly toy" ("The Troubled Wedding") by Yuri Bolat, arrangements of folk songs for choir, rhapsody, overture, concerto for flute and piano, adagio and song without words for cello and piano, variations for trumpet and orchestra, songs and romances.
He is the author of the music manual "Musikada basamachikyar" ("Musical Steps"). In 1977, in Tashkent, together with composer Ilyas Bakhshysh, he published a collection of Crimean Tatar folk songs "Sabanyn Saar" ("At Dawn"), which was reprinted in 1996 in Simferopol and contains the lyrics of 348 songs.
